A Dallas-area woman and her husband have filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), alleging constitutional violations and administrative overreach after their newborn daughter was forcibly removed and placed in foster care for nearly a month in 2023 .
The complaint , filed April 22 in Travis County District Court , challenges the agency’s internal procedures for classifying abuse and neglect findings and seeks to expunge the family’s record from the DFPS system.
Temecia and Rodney Jackson , represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas and law firm Jackson Walker LLP, allege that DFPS wrongfully separated them from their 7-day-old daughter Mila after a pediatrician reported the family for medical neglect.
The Jacksons had opted to treat their infant’s mild jaundice at home under the supervision of Cheryl Edinbyrd, a licensed midwife , rather than following the doctor’s recommendation to seek hospital-based intensive care…